Cambial growth dynamics and climatic control of different tree life forms in tropical mountain forest in Ethiopia

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-70

  Krepkowski, Julia ^a   Bräuning, Achim ^a   Gebrekirstos, Aster ^b   Strobl, Simone ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cambial growth dynamics; Dendrometer; Ethiopia; Tropical dendroecology; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; DENDROMETER; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH DYNAMICS; WOOD ANATOMY;

FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; TROPICS; WOOD;

ECOLOGY;

DENDROMETERS; ECOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FORESTRY; PINUS PATULA; PODOCARPUS FALCATUS; TROPICS; WOOD STRUCTURE;

AFROCARPUS FALCATUS; CELTIS AFRICANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PATULA; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM;

EID: 78651433131     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0460-7     Document Type: Article

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